RoHS Removal of Hazardous Substances

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1.0.0 Introduction
This document provides details for compliance to Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment..

The European Union has adopted Directive 2002/95/EC on the restriction of certain hazardous substances (RoHS) with their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union on February 13, 2003. RoHS requires the substitution of various heavy metals (lead, mercury, cadmium and hexavalent chromium) and brominated flame retardants (polybrominated biphenyls [PBB] or polybrominated diphenyl ethers [PBDE]) in new electrical and electronic equipment put on the market from July 1, 2006.

Circuit Technology Center is committed to comply with the requirements of all applicable environmental legislation and regulations, including the restriction of hazardous substances. The RoHS Directive specifies that an electronic product or component may not contain lead, except as specifically provided in the Directive.

Circuit Technology Center will be in compliance with the European requirements for lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) prior to the July 1, 2006 implementation date for all products requiring compliance.

1.1.0 Order Tracking
To meet the objectives of RoHS Compliance it is imperative that customers identify RoHS conforming products shipped to us for rework or repair. As service orders arrive at Circuit Technology Center each is flagged as either:

• RoHS 5 compliant
• RoHS 6 Compliant
• RoHS Compliance Not Specified

Each RoHS compliant service order will be given a green service traveler indicating that the order must comply with RoHS handling procedures.

1.2.0 Suppliers
To achieve our objectives, Circuit Technology Center is working with all suppliers to ensure that materials and tools will be compliant. This includes:

1. Component Materials
   These include materials that will become an integral part of customer product such as adhesives, replacement conductors, solders, eyelets etc. Please note: Circuit Technology Center does not procure replacement components such as integrated circuits, passive components, connectors, hardware etc. These replacement materials must be customer supplied.
   
2. Tools
   These include soldering irons, soldering iron tips, tip sponges and any other tools or materials that may contaminat customer product via the introduction of lead or other non-compliant materials.

2.0.0 Materials Management
The following is a list of Component Materials that may used or applied to circuit boards and other electronic parts when reworked or repaired at Circuit Technology Center. These Component Materials will be clearly identified and stored in properly marked cabinets. Only those materials with approved RoHS Compliance Certificates on file may be used. This is not intended to be a complete list.

 

• Epoxy
• Color Agent
• Solder
• Solder Paste
• Kapton Tape
• Wire Dots
• Eyelets
• Wire

2.1.0 Tools and Supplies
The following is a list of Tools and Materials that may used to process circuit boards and other electronic parts when reworked or repaired at Circuit Technology Center. This is not intended to be a complete list. These Tools and materials will be clearly identified and will be dedicated to RoHS compliant work only.

• Soldering Iron Tips
• Soldering Iron Tip Sponges
• Desoldering Tool Tips
• Cleaning Brushes

2.2.0 Work Areas
Works areas acceptable for processing RoHS conforming products will be clearly identified. Training includes control of control cross contamination at these work areas.

3.0.0 Training
All employees who may handle RoHS compliant product must complete the Circuit Technology Center training program regarding RoHS. This training program covers the impact of RoHS 6 requirements and RoHS exemption. The training program covers the differences between the visual criteria for tin-lead and lead free soldered joints? See Employee Training and Certification records for each employee.